BLACK RED-TAIL WARBLER. 677 



white, edged with pale rufous, and dotted with 

 brown : the breast is pale brown : the under tail- 

 coverts are tinged with rufous : the rest of the 

 under parts white. 



BLACK RED-TAIL WARBLER. 

 ( Sylvia atrata.) 



SY. nigra, vertice plumbeo, remigibus atris; secundariis tnargine 

 exteriore albis, rectricibus rujis; intermediis duabus atris. 



Black Warbler, with the crown lead-colour ; the quills dusky ; 

 the outer margin of the secondaries white ; the tail-feathers 

 rufous, the two middle ones dusky. 



Sylvia atrata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 514. 21. 



Motacilla atrata. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 988. 162. 



Black Red-tail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 426. 16. 



LOCALITY unknown : the prevailing colour of 

 its plumage is black : the top of the head lead- 

 colour : the quills dusky : the outer edges of the 

 secondaries bordered with white : the feathers of 

 the back have dusky margins : the two middle 

 tail-feathers are dusky, the others red : the bird 

 is about six inches in length. 



